Package: python-pkg-resources
Version: 18.8-1~bpo8+1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Installing package from backports branch (and newer, i.e. from sid) break many
python software unusable.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Try to run apps, like bpython and many others. Try this for example:
Example in python:
>>> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
* What was the outcome of this action?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3138,
in <module>
@_call_aside
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3124,
in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3151,
in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 652,
in _build_master
ws = cls()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 645,
in __init__
self.add_entry(entry)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 701,
in add_entry
for dist in find_distributions(entry, True):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2139,
in find_on_path
path_item, entry, metadata, precedence=DEVELOP_DIST
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2521,
in from_location
py_version=py_version, platform=platform, **kw
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2835,
in _reload_version
md_version = _version_from_file(self._get_metadata(self.PKG_INFO))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2486,
in _version_from_file
line = next(iter(version_lines), '')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2654,
in _get_metadata
for line in self.get_metadata_lines(name):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2030,
in get_metadata_lines
return yield_lines(self.get_metadata(name))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2025,
in get_metadata
metadata = f.read()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/codecs.py", line 296, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 147:
invalid start byte
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Importing from pkg_resources module OK, like in module from stable branch work.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500,
'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages python-pkg-resources depends on:
pn python:any <none>
python-pkg-resources recommends no packages.
Versions of packages python-pkg-resources suggests:
ii python-setuptools 18.8-1~bpo8+1
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